Nt1310 Unit 1 Reflection

According to “The Science Behind Eyewitness Identification Reform” there are two main variables that affect eyewitness testimonies “Estimator variables: are those that cannot be controlled by the criminal justice system. They include simple factors like the lighting when the crime took place or the distance from which the witness saw the perpetrator, and the degree of stress or trauma a witness experienced while seeing the perpetrator” and “System variables: are those that the criminal justice system can and should control. They include all of the ways that law enforcement agencies retrieve and record witness memory, such as lineups, photo arrays, and other identification procedures”. Eyewitness misidentification has led to 75% of false convictions that were overruled by modern DNA testing according to “The Innocence

The reliability if an eyewitness testimony is questionable. The witness may be so certain that the person that thy are pointing out is one hundred per cent the suspect or they could be so certain when it comes to retelling the incident, although these people are so sure on what it is they are doing, their testimony cannot always accurate. Due to the lack of accuracy with eyewitness

There are a number of factors can reduce the accuracy of eyewitness identifications for example; extreme witness stress at the crime scene or during the identification process, presence of weapons at the crime; because they can

Information is the lifeblood of a criminal investigation. The ability of investigators to obtain useful and accurate information from eyewitnesses of crimes is crucial to effective law enforcement, yet full and accurate recall is difficult to achieve (Stewart, 1985). Such elicitation of complete and accurate recall from people is important in many aspects of life; specifically, eyewitness recall may determine whether a case is solved. Principle advocates of the cognitive interview (Fisher, Geiselman, Holland & MacKinnon,

There has been considerable interest and study in the accuracy or inaccuracy of the use of eyewitness testimonies in the current criminal justice system. Results collated by several studies add to the bulk of literature suggesting that the current usage of eyewitness testimony by the legal system is far from ideal. Currently, high emphasis is being placed on reviewing and reconsidering eyewitness accounts (Leinfelt, 2004). In particular, recent DNA exoneration cases have substantiated the warnings of eyewitness identification researchers by showing that mistaken eyewitness identification was the largest single factor contributing to the conviction of innocent people (Wells & Olson, 2003). In this essay, the use of eyewitness testimony in the criminal justice system will be explored, with a particular focus on the impreciseness of this practice.

Nick, I was able to figure most of the math except that there is a $40,715.99 delta which I think is because we rounded the budget for Steve as $278.2 M when it was $278,240,715.99. Also, I updated the Construction Contingency line to reflect both Ph1A and Ph2. There are few other changes I incorporated to reflect the line transfers, let me know if you are available today/tomorrow to talk-thru this before sending it to Jessica.

Students reviewed order of operations (PEMDAS) during the warm up problem. During small group work, the students reviewed the steps for solving proportion problems.

Education has always been a key importance in my life, but I have had some challenges along the way. In August of 2013, I injured my left ankle, while at work and I would have never imagined the long road I would have ahead of me and how it would take a toll on my education. When I originally injured my ankle, I was told that it was just a simple sprain, that ended up not being the case to any extent. I was transferred from doctor to doctor to doctor, each one telling me something different, and each one being wrong about their diagnosis. The second physician I saw, but my first ankle specialist, repeatedly told me that he felt that I was lying about my injury and was only looking to get attention. This took a strong emotional toll on me, repeatedly being told that they could not

By next week, our aim to continue to test the car with the different amount of weights to work the total amount (optimal weight for our modified car) of weight that our car can carry. Our second goal is to finish our technical report as soon as

In the first paragraph there is mention of As a someone who worked with DHH students and was required to interpret and or proctor the state mandated tests, I feel the same sentiment you shared in the first paragraph. Especially, since these tests are set up in a way that often sets students with special needs (DHH, LD, ESL) at an extreme disadvantage. In an article about differentiating instruction and Deaf learners, Martin (2010) illustrates how the questions format for standardized testing are difficult for the students to answer and/or understand. Which I believe are applicable to other students with various disabilities.

1.Thoroughly reflect and explain how you have reinvested knowledge from different subjects and areas to accomplish your project.

I love programming. Nothing beats being on vacation and thinking of an interesting program make with my computer. And then devoting the rest of my free-time to making it with my (limited) programming skills. Now one Christmas break in 9th grade, I went for the gold and decided to make a Galaga clone. Galaga was an arcade space shooter where a white ship tries to defeat an endless array of space monsters. Even though the game is very simple and runs on old machines, it is a very challenging project especially for beginners. See what makes it so challenging is that you need to handle everything that goes on in that game window. If you want to display simple text you need to tell the library what font, coordinates, and dimensions the text needs nevermind an animated ship traveling through the universe.

When an eye-witness fabricates or gets information wrong, this can convict the wrong person. I don't find this to be the most important factor for these

That is the hugest problem with eyewitness is that a lot of people do see what they want to see, then they wait to expose what they know. Most of the time an eyewitness is scared to reveal what is going on. they are scared for themselves, family, or friends. The other fact is that they just do not want to believe that it is occurring and turn a blind eye. Turning a blind eye is the number one reason that a lot of crimes go unreported. Lifetime movies are the best example of this, from watching their movies viewers are able to see how their mind can play tricks on them. At the beginning of the movie you are thinking how could you not see that it is so obvious, by the end of the movie you are shaken by what you thought was occurring was not the

I focused on the distance of sight being an issue for an eyewitness, but, I believe memory is also a big factor as well. Have you ever played any memory games online? They will have you look at a picture for approximately 20 seconds or so and then ask you questions about what you have seen in that picture. Such as, color of a shirt, were there any animals, color of hair, etc. It is not easy to answer them. And, just think, doing the memory game you are not under any stress that you would feel when you are an eyewitness of a